Two case studies of winter continental-type water and mixed-phase stratocumuli over the sea 1. Microphysical and optical properties

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 21, 2002, Pages AAC-11-1-AAC-11-15

  Gayet, Jean François ^a   Asano, Shoji ^b   Yamazaki, Akihiro ^c   Uchiyama, Akihiro ^c   Sinyuk, Alexander ^d   Jourdan, Olivier ^a   Auriol, Frédérique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d B I STEPANOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Belarus)

Author keywords

Climate; Microphysics; Radiative properties; Stratocumulus clouds

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIRCRAFT; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; ICE; LIGHT SCATTERING; MICROSTRUCTURE; NEPHELOMETERS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIATION EFFECTS;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; OPTICAL PROPERTY; STRATOCUMULUS;

EID: 84905411053     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD001106     Document Type: Article

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